Compensation Overview

$130,000 - $175,000Annually

+ Annual Incentive Bonus + Equity Plans

Junior

Cambridge, MA, USA

Required Skills

Python

Data Structures & Algorithms

Requirements

At least two years of direct experience developing SaaS applications within a team
At least one year of professional experience in Python
Thoughtful and efficient communication skills (both verbal and written)
Experience developing SaaS application backends and APIs using a variety of tools
Experience working across many stages of the software development lifecycle
Experience turning abstract business requirements into concrete technical plans
Sound reasoning about the behavior and performance of loosely-coupled systems
Proficiency with algorithms (including time and space complexity analysis), data structures, and software architecture

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, document, deploy, maintain, and improve software
Work with key stakeholders to develop system architectures, API specifications, implementation requirements, and complexity estimates
Test assumptions through instrumentation and prototyping
Promote ongoing technical development through code reviews and knowledge sharing

Kensho is a Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) company, centered around providing cutting-edge solutions to meet the challenges of some of the largest and most successful businesses and institutions. We are owned by S&P Global and operate independently. Our toolkit illuminates insights by helping the world better understand, process, and leverage messy data. Specifically, Kensho’s solutions largely involve speech recognition (ASR), entity linking (NED), structured document extraction, automated database linking, text classification, and more.

Kensho’s Applications group develops the web apps and APIs that deliver Kensho’s AI capabilities to our customers. Our teams are small, product-focused, and intent on shipping high-quality code that best leverages our efforts. We’re collegial, humble, and inquisitive, and we delight in learning from teammates with backgrounds, skills, and interests different from our own.

As a Backend Engineer II on the Emerging Applications team, you will develop the software behind our reliable, secure, and performant APIs. You will collaborate with colleagues from Machine Learning, Product, and Infrastructure, as well as with other engineers within the Applications team. You have experience deploying production code in highly scalable distributed systems. You are a thoughtful, deliberate technologist and share your knowledge generously.

At Kensho, we believe in flexibility-first, and give our employees the opportunity to work from where they feel most productive and engaged (must be in the United States). We also value in-person collaboration, so there may be times when travel to one of our Kensho hubs (e.g., Cambridge, MA or NYC) will be required for team meetings or company events.

Kensho states that the anticipated base salary range for the position is 130k-175k. In addition, this role is eligible for an annual incentive bonus and equity plans. At Kensho, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

What You’ll Do:

Design, develop, test, document, deploy, maintain, and improve software
Work with key stakeholders to develop system architectures, API specifications, implementation requirements, and complexity estimates
Test assumptions through instrumentation and prototyping
Promote ongoing technical development through code reviews and knowledge sharing

What You’ll Need:

At least two years of direct experience developing SaaS applications within a team
At least one year of professional experience in Python
Thoughtful and efficient communication skills (both verbal and written)
Experience developing SaaS application backends and APIs using a variety of tools
Experience working across many stages of the software development lifecycle
Experience turning abstract business requirements into concrete technical plans
Sound reasoning about the behavior and performance of loosely-coupled systems
Proficiency with algorithms (including time and space complexity analysis), data structures, and software architecture

Technology You’ll Encounter:

Django, Flask, Python 3, PostgreSQL
Git, Jsonnet, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
Celery, RabbitMQ, Kafka
Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry

Kensho

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Kensho Technologies offers AI solutions for transcribing audio to text, identifying entities in text, understanding document concepts, and extracting data from PDF documents. These products leverage machine learning algorithms to unlock insights from unstructured data, enabling data-driven decision-making for businesses.

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

$675.9M

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Founded

2013

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 8%

1 year growth

↑ 30%

2 year growth

↑ 36%

Benefits

Health - 100% employer-paid insurance that covers you and your family... and more

Wellness - 26 weeks paid parental leave, flexible work hours... and more

Growth - 6% 401K match, 20K tuition reimbursement, Knowledge Days... and more

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